It was as we crossed the parade ground the whole bunch of us suddenly froze and spun to face a huge aircraft-hanger-of-a-building running along its length. Yes, I got it wrong! Thanks again, D. R. WALTON the only O.E.M. Read about our approach to external linking. HMS Ganges as a training ship in the 1900s (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The training was tough, brutal at times, yet many of those who came through remember HMS Ganges, at Shotley Gate, with a certain fondness. Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS. My heart sank and my elation evaporated as I desperately tried to quash all fears of my body falling from the Devil's Elbow. Free (donations towards running costs are welcome) Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. It had to be a joke! If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can A planning application for the site was submitted and outline permission was granted in 2015. Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. GANGES; the ship had previously anchored out in the harbour below, at Shotley Gate, on the east coast opposite Harwich. "Boys came into Ganges at age 15 and went into the navy as men at 16. Initially, training continued to be carried out on the vessel, but after the completion of a shore-based facility at Shotley, the ship was sent to be broken up. Didn't like it, there are better ways of teaching than violence, but it hardened me up and made me self disciplined. During the third disastrous week, it spent so much time on the deck I thought I might as well leave it there! Outbreak of World War One. Nevertheless, as bad and as cruel as I have describe Ganges, I remain proud to call myself a Ganges Boy. Sadists most of them and that's from a 15 year old who was in a council care home before he joined, streetwise to fcuk and kept my head down. later times). Some boys were home sick, some just tried to stay out of trouble, one or two ran away. In 1907, its famous 143ft (44m)-high training . 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HMS Ganges - part of front gate Having completed the New Entry training over at the Annex (I think it took six weeks), we then marched over to Drake 39 mess over in the Main Establishment. We had no one to confide in, our instructors would more than likely told us not to tell tales. HP10 9TY. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships since from 1779, but in 1905 it was chosen as title for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich where about 500 boy recruits were stationed. Allegations of Abuse. One person found this helpful. 1903. The association said it had about 3,000 members and at the time of the offences its income from membership fees was about 30,000 a year. . I just got on with it. Boys were permitted to march through the streets of Ipswich with bayonets fixed. Did my intro to Pusser at HMS Raleigh in ' 52 . The mast was erected in 1907 for boy entrant training purposes using the lower foremast (steel) from HMS Cordelia (1881) with other sections from the mizzen mast of HMS Agincourt (1865). After such a long time I think it will be a welcome relief for a lot of people. Every letter of our names had to be perfectly in line. We caught up with Jim Dines, Director of TS Rigging, whose team. She was the last wooden wall ship to be a flagship, and the last to sail around cape horn unassisted. A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast has been taken down ahead of restoration work. However, for most of us boys, qualifying meant we could wear the Bosuns chain with our uniform instead of a lanyard. The overall height is 143 feet 10 inches, with the button being 11 inches diameter and 3 inches thick. Ken Smith, who now lives in Brighton, sent me memories of arriving at HMS Ganges in the severe winter of 1963 and his fear of the dreaded mast. The 142-foot high (43 m) mast was erected in 1907. She had taken on the previous duties from the wooden ship H.M.S. Ganges Tales of the T.R.O.G.s Print length 264 pages Language English Publisher Second City Publishers, Penmarth, Cornwall Publication date 22 Nov. 1995 ISBN-10 090681605X ISBN-13 He was the officer that tested us when we endeavoured to qualify with a bosuns pipe. Editors' Code of Practice. Life at Ganges was recalled recently in The Evening Star when a book about the base by Alan Peck was published. It was at Shotley Point that the wooden ship HMS Ganges was berthed from 1899, and used as a cadet training ship for the Royal Navy. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. Read about our approach to external linking. BBC Blue Peter presenter John Noakes attempted to climb to the top of the mast. joined in '63 Dreadnought in the Annexe and Duncan in main camp, Went swimming at Vincent before colling-grad got its pool, and sailing if my memory is not totally shot, I sometimes considered climbing to the top of the mast a tossing myself off. Anniversary Toast - HMS RALEIGH 25th Oct 2009, Telegraph: "Captain Peter Grindal Obituary", Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves, 10 myths told by Covid 'experts' now debunked. Network 157.90../16 Abuse Contact API. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! Jon Sparks. Ronald Carr. Mr Jones said: "There is a lot of truth to the statement that you entered as a boy, but left as a man. Dec 30, 2016. HMS Ganges is a little bit different though, because they have to get the spine road in first and do some prep work. Shotly Jan 7 1967 , 4 weeks in the annex, 11months in the main establishment,left the RN after 26 years, as C.C.MEA(P) and you could tell Ganges trained men a mile off, Regrets not a bit.Sorry for the lad in my class that drank a pint of pussers disinfectant (The black stuff that turned white when you added water) I believe he got his Discharge. JavaScript is disabled. You are using an out of date browser. Bob Roberts. Real posh supercilious bastard. One lad, a Geordie, was drafted early to a Destroyer bound for the Mediterraniann sailed from Plymouth He was washed overboard on his first few hours at sea..His parents never knew of the misery he suffered at Ganges. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. The skipper was HS McKenzie who went FOSM. Our abuse contact API returns data containing information belonging to the abuse contact of every IP address on the Internet. Posted on February 5, 2019 by irishroverpei. This was where the roped rigging jutted out some ten feet - above it, the platform. The HMS Ganges training base, which opened in 1905, closed in 1976 and has remained derelict. This site uses cookies. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (WEA) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Ganges. 1971. HMS Ganges moved moorings from Harwich to Shotley. 5.0 out of 5 stars A real trip down memory lane. the reason i remember the date is that it was my 15th birthday, We got shipped out to Suez in October 1956 cutting short our training by a couple of months. #42. Find out more about HMS Ganges at www.hmsgangesmuseum.com, or visit the museum, located at the end of King Edward VII Drive, in Shotley, IP9 1QJ. HMS Ganges as a training ship in the 1900s, HMS Ganges being broken up after training was transferred to the land base at Shotley, The boys climbed the mast whenever the base received high-status visitors, and as part of their training, The sailors in training doing exercises outside the gym, The honours board from the HMS Ganges, showing the victories of all the Royal Navy ships bearing the name. As a matter of interest how many of you did your 22 and beyond not many I suspect therefore you look back with nostalgia, fcuking hated the place and made certain I never treated any of my guys the same as the youngsters were treated there. Saw your message. It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. If not, you would do it repeatedly, until you dropped dead if necessary. Roe told me "I don't like you." and I got seven days 9s. Review of a book of anecdotes about legendary UK boys' naval establishment HMS Ganges, which at any one time housed as many as 2,000 trainee sailors in their middle teens. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Please Login or Register. They looked like what we didn't, sailors. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Read about our approach to external linking. After sewing on a tag and sporting a proud smile as I offered it up for inspection to that gorilla-of-gunner, I was sent scurrying away, ears ringing from slaps and vehement words, asking myself, 'How the hell did I mange to sew the tag on upside-down?'. When I say there was sexual abuse Im speaking from personal experience. Attempts have been made to contact developers Haylink Ltd but have been unsucessfull. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. At Gagnes they spent 12 months training, and they learned everything you need to do to run a ship. Joined Ganges Feb '61..went through the same as everyone else. Some 100 boy-sailors were in the canteen, chewing and chattering; clattering knives forks and spoons against plates and bowls. Maurice was nothing to do with HMS Ganges, in fact he had been a crew member of HMS Hambledon. There was a seamanship officer at the boat sheds. On the parade ground the order went something like On the command fix! The left hand went behind the cheek of your left buttock and twisted the bayonet and scabbard upward. Ganges training establishment. The culprit was brought before the Commanders table, the punishment was awarded as six or twelve cuts. "The rest of the buildings, including Nelsons Hall and the swimming pool will be converted into flats, shops and a sports centre. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? Tony Hayden. Observer career path/ real life experience. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Developers Wavensmere Homes and Galliard Homes plan to build almost 300 homes on the site and include a restored mast in the development. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. An appeal by Woolverstone Parish Council was turned down two years later. . It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Like lots of other boys I ran away from home when I was 14 yrs old and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman 2nd class. The master at arms held a long thin bamboo cane, the instrument of the punishment. Thus was the nature of Ganges harsh training regime. Now i know why! Among his many punishments, he suffered cuts, a particularly brutal form of Naval punishment. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Martin Foster was treasurer for veterans who served at HMS Ganges training base in Sufffolk. contact the editor here. HMS GANGES 6th May 2009 - YouTube. The rest of the class were not pleased to suffer because of one boys stupidity and sometimes made a cruel point of letting the culprit know. Padre Weekes was always good for a fag and Jim Conroy (PTI) taught me to yodel. [1] First the older of the two, Maurice WRIGHT JX 657902. July 5 The old HMS Ganges sails out of Harwich Harbour. Editors' Code of Practice. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Ganges will for ever be the legacy of every young boy who passed through those distant gates to emerge as a sailor and a man. The latest development means that construction work could start immediately, however, due to the coronavirus outbreak, progress has been delayed. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing is due to take place at Portsmouth Crown Court on 23 January. "In 1860 she was decommissioned and laid up, and in 1866 she was turned into a training ship, and her guns were removed. Peter Ohara. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. In 1905 when the Ganges vessel was finally retired (and towed away to Chatham), the training facility, still named HMS Ganges, moved ashore. Maybe we boxed each other in the Shotley annexe! It was hoped that Developers Haylink Ltd would start work early this year, but their plans were scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than do the two as a pongo I signed on the dotted line for a dozen , best thing I ever did and I regret not staying in for the full time . ", The honours board from the HMS Ganges, showing the victories of all the Royal Navy ships bearing the name (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). I knew a gentleman who said when he was at Ganges in 1947 he had his first taste of hot food. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 13 March 1653 - Death of Simon de Vlieger (c. 1601, Rotterdam - buried 13 March 1653, Weesp) Simon de Vlieger (c. 1601, Rotterdam - buried 13 March 1653, Weesp) was a Dutch designer, draughtsman, and painter, most famous for. (LogOut/ 1907. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? I arrived at Ganges in the late afternoon on March 15th 1955, along with roughly a hundred other fifteen year old boys. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Reaching high into the sunlit sky stood the mast; its yardarms spread wide like a giant crucifix. Today lots of those instructors (JIs and Badgeboys included) would be in front of the beak for various abuses, harassment and bullying. It would seem those boy-sailors who were seconds ago shoving sausages into smiling faces, had all disappeared into that terrifying building, and by the cries belching from its belly were being eaten alive. (LogOut/ She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. He went on to be an SD subby. MT2 Served from 1965 - 2021 Served in HMS Ganges. Royal Navy 238217 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II. A Gannett Company. Early in 1940 Admiralty decided to close Ganges as a Boys Training Establishment and in April it became a Hostilities Only Training Establishment. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between 1905 and 1976. You are using an out of date browser. "I remember another of the Ganges boys, they were talking to a visitor at the museum, and she said 'it was quite brutal, wasn't it? 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"Most of what was on the site went to the naval museum in Portsmouth, but we have the honours board and figurehead from the original ship. Once the situation eases a bit there will be tangible progress to be seen.. Ganges Museum is located at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, in what was the Enright Block, on the foreshore of the former H.M.S. Unfortunately HMS Ganges is no longer there apart from a few buildings and what is left of the mast. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS (Image: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS). interesting .. photos of the old pool. Each of us was required to construct a printing block using letters carved in wood. Discipline was severe, routine constant and fear of punishment loomed at every turn. Its really difficult to give a definitive time scale but once things get going I would imagine that progress will be very visible whereas a lot of the work going on over the past two or three years hasnt necessarily been seen by the public.. I would like to see the mast and museum moved to the safety of HMS Raleigh though to ensure its upkeep and maintenance. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and signed on for 12 years. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Drake 39 mess At least the cubicles in the heads had doors on this time. I was so fearful of that oncoming event I was becoming a nervous wreck, each night reading the next day's daily orders, wondering if tomorrow would be the day I crapped my pants in public. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships from 1779 onwards, but in 1905 it was chosen for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich, where about 500 boy recruits were. The showers usually took place at the crack of dawn, summer or winter we ran from the barrack towel around our waist to the showers. Richard Dunn. Steve Tarr. I wrote this song a long time ago. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. HMS Ganges is situated on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk. http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/hms-ganges-swimming-pool-shotley-may-2015.t96792, Anniversary Toast - HMS RALEIGH 25th Oct 2009, Telegraph: "Captain Peter Grindal Obituary", Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves, 10 myths told by Covid 'experts' now debunked. Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). I allowed my head to tilt backward, sending my gaze to the very top, to the lightning conductor where the Button Boy stood on ceremonial occasions. Researched and compiled by A. S. Grimmer (Solent Division) who sadly crossed the bar 6th January 2007. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. From the top of the mast, its a long way to come ! The pipe (whistle) was used aboard ship for passing orders and instructions. I was at Ganges in 1955 and went to visit Shotley in 2005 and was surprised to see police signs near the old swimming baths. 2023 BBC. "A lot of the boys came from foster homes, or Barnardos. they said. A Gannett Company. The test consisted of two lengths of the pool while wearing a boiler suit, then floating for five minutes. My DO was so unforgetable I can't remember his name, but he ponced around with his handky up his sleeve and a curled lip. The greatest fear was of messing up, this meant the whole class was punished. In 1907, its famous training mast was erected on the parade ground. This was the job of the button boy at HMS Ganges who had to shin up the last fifteen feet or so to climb on the button during ceremonial parades. The site was closed in 1976 and was used as a maaried quarter estate by the RAF. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Even by naval training standards life there was controlled by a very strict regime. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. last entry 16.30 We are also please to welcome visitors at any other time by prior appointment - please telephone 01473 788315 or 01473 788723 to arrange this. Crowned on June 2, 1953, at the age of 25, Elizabeth II went on to have the longest reign for a British queen. H.M.S. It closed in 1998 or something. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can He was sitting on a stool and told me to stand in front of him and begin. Write to Dave Kindred, Kindred Spirits, Evening Star, 30 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich IP4 1AN. Used to have chats with old Tick-Tock and RPO Salmon gave me my 1 postal order when the max was really ten bob. www.amazon.co.uk/H-m-S-Ganges-Dozen/dp/0906418003/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269273975&sr=1-1, www.navy-net.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=134/postdays=0/postorder=asc/start=0.html, www.veterans-uk.info/vets_badge/vets_badge.htm. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. My instructors were Nobby Clarke and Ted Roe. While I was going through the various calls I felt his hand slipping up the back of my shorts. The cinemas would be packed with rows of Ganges boys in uniform and the caf at the corner of St Stephen's Lane would sell them many cups of tea as they waited for their bus back to Shotley. So as I have said already, we kept our heads down aiming for that final day when wed be drafted to a ship. However, in the meantime we were still at the mercy of our instructors. A Gannett Company. 1906. Download Citation | On Feb 1, 2023, Olivier Champagne and others published Future change in amplitude and timing of high-flow events in a Canadian subarctic watershed | Find, read and cite all the . 1914. 1927. ( Royal Naval Detention Quarters RNDQs Portsmouth), Listen to No Flowers for Geordie on SoundCloud. The Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley (known within the Royal Navy as HMS Ganges) was established in southern Suffolk in 1905. Recruits used to climb the 143ft (44m)-high mast in formation, with the "button boy" standing on a small, circular platform at the very top, hands-free, but with his legs resting against a metal supporting bar. Peter Cook. For spite I think, because it wasn't compulsory. This page is dedicated to the memory of Tony whose commitment to the Royal Navy and especially HMS Ganges was unlimited. The next six years passed with regular naval detentions, ( Royal Naval Detention Quarters RNDQs Portsmouth) exhausting punishments, solitary confinements, ending with a twelve month sentence in the infamous HMP Corradino, Malta. Rumour had it many years ago a boy did fall, bouncing off the safety net and through the Post Office roof. They say you never forget the place and I agree. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Ganges. It was named after a pre-existing training ship by the same name that was launched from Bombay and based at Shotley. I came across a clip on youtube that really saddened me and it tells its own story about the UK as it is now and the real fact that such things as pride, standards etc have long been lost and decay and neglect are the order of the day, I do not need to walk very far from my home to see with my own eyes the evidence all around me. Even if it amazingly stayed put, as soon as I slammed the rifle onto the parade ground off it popped again. Old men on the HMS Ganges Facebook page and it helps keep alive my time spent there. Ganges Tales of the T.R.O.G.s Paperback - 22 Nov. 1995 by John Douglas (Author), John Wheatley (Illustrator) 6 ratings Paperback 12.00 8 Used from 8.90 H.M.S. HMS Ganges Museum is dedicated to the 160,000 boys who went through the gates as boys and marched out as men, from its inception as a Royal Navy Training Establishment in 1905 to its closure in 1976. Charles Dickens might have penned it the best of times and the worst of times. Photos showing the rusting mast at the former site of HMS Ganges at Shotley peninsula have been released on social media, prompting concerns that the 142ft high structure is not being properly. LRO (G) Served from 1975 - 1998 Served in HMS Ganges. ", HMS Ganges as a warship (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). 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